London: Macmillan, 1998. xv, 312p., hardbound in 9.5x6 inch boards and glossy dust jacket, a little edgeworn, a copy that is clean, sound and unmarked. More

Cat.No: 250326

Stockholm: Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University, 2005. Various pagination, 88p. thesis appended with papers originally published between 1988 and 2005, very good in 11.5x8 inch blue wraps. Explores excavated shells from human habitation sites, including a section on cowries imported from as far away as Islamic lands. More

Cat.No: 157036

Detroit MI: Parke, Davis & Co., no date, circa 1913. 40p., high-gloss alkaline paperstock, softbound, a small stapled pamphlet in 6.5x4.5 inch dun wraps printed sepia letterpress. Covers show mildest crimping along spinefold, in all other respects fine: completely sound, clean and unmarked. Text is comprised of an eight-page Parke..... More

Cat.No: 250689

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Hardcover. xvii, 412p., introduction, conclusions, glossary, notes, bibliography, indexes, illustrated with figures and tables,very good first edition, first printing stated in boards and unclipped white dj. More

Cat.No: 250533

Washington DC / Covelo CA: Island Press, 1996. x, 429p., illustrated with tables, charts, line maps and math formulae; softbound in 9x6 inch glossy decorated wraps. Ex library with minimal markings, nothing external, a lined-out handwritten notice on first blank along with a private succeeding ownership, publication date handwritten on..... More

Cat.No: 239598

Madrid: M. Aguilar Editor, 1929. 214p., preface, introduction, text in Spanish, illustrated with 8 plates at rear, very fragile text-block, some foxing, bound in leather with raised bands and gilt on spine. Some sort of signature across title. More

Cat.No: 98175

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1954. Hardcover. 102p., numerous photogravure plates, (fine portraits of Mendeleyev and colleagues), 8x5.2 inch cloth boards titled gilt and black. Mild edgewear, upper corner of casing wrinkled as from being bent (now lies flat); good copy. More

Cat.No: 167837

New York: International Publishers, 1938. Hardcover. 223p., first edition, very good condition in an edge worn and chipped dust jacket with minor soiling. More

Cat.No: 147136

New York: International Publishers, 1943. Hardcover. xxiii, 223p., corners bumped, previous owner's name penned on front paste-down endpaper, else very good later printing in a price-clipped, chipped, and edgeworn dust jacket. More

Cat.No: 299689

Toulouse: Universo, 1950. Paperback. 48p., 5.25x8 inches, text in Spanish, pages evenly toned else very good pamphlet in stapled wraps. El Mundo al Dia #25, 15 Mars 1950. Pamphlet by the exiled Spanish marine biologist. More

Cat.No: 182171

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1948. Paperback. v, 48p., first printing, black vinyl wraps stamped in gilt, statistics and graphs, owner's signature stamped on free endpaper, in very good condition. American Lecture Series, Publication No. 11., American Lectures in Endocrinology. Ownership stamp of pioneer in nuclear medicine and cancer research..... More

Cat.No: 276171

Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1920s-1930s]. Pamphlet. 64p. + 63p, wraps toned, tiny damp stain on front wrap, pages evenly toned, very light insect-wear on head of spine, else in very good condition. More

Cat.No: 279169

Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, ?? Staplebound. 64p. + 64p, wraps lightly toned, nearly invisible stain on front wrap, minor insect-wear on head and tail of spine, pages evenly toned, else in very good condition. More

Cat.No: 279173